Something Exciting Besides the Snow

I've been saving up for awhile....

Back in December, my boss took my co-workers and I (and our spouses) went out to the fanciest dinner in Moscow - a restaurant named West of Paris. He encouraged us all to order the full French experience - an 8 course meal that takes 5 full hours to enjoy.
We had a great time, getting to know each other out of the office and trying food we'd never tasted. About halfway thru the night, the boss decided to ask questions around the table. The first was: If you could have any material thing, what would it be? cost is not a factor. The answers were very interesting - a Shetland pony farm, a trip around the world, money to build a truck (any guesses who said that?), 2 feet of fresh powder for skiing that weekend, a piano....

After that question, he gave us our bonuses...and guess what I put mine toward?


Yup! I got my wish!
It's a digital piano, so we didn't have to find 5 people to move it, someone to tune it, or a large area to set it up in the house.

Got Snow?

So....We thought we knew what a snowstorm was before! That was nothin'.

When we woke up on Thursday, we knew we wouldn't be going into town. The driveway that was clear the night before was full of 1 1/2 feet of fresh snow, and it was still coming down. Thankfully, school was canceled (a rare occasion for the University), and Andy had brought his work computer home, just in case. So, instead of the routine commute into town, we spent the morning shoveling snow. It turned into a neighborhood party with shovels, a snow blower, and a 4-wheeler going from house to house. What fun! :)

Being from the "banana belt", this has all been a new experience for Andy. He even thought shoveling snow was fun! I'm thinking that it's got to be getting old by now.....